Archives for June 2015

20 Things Parenting a Child With Special Needs Has Taught Me

Jennifer Bittner

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

These Temporary Tats Offer People Little Reminders During Their Darkest Moments

Melissa McGlensey

DEPRESSION

How I Wish People Saw My Daughter's Bald Head

Amanda Skelte

CHILDHOOD CANCER

Why I Stopped Blaming Myself for the Genes I Passed on to My Children

Melissa Cote

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

One Mom's Awesome Way of Showing Kids How Cool Their Hearing Aids Are

Veronica An

DEAFNESS

5 Things Parents in the Special Needs Community Need to Remember

Katie Paulson

NOT YET CATEGORIZED

Why I Feel Guilty When My Child Is Healthy

Megan Malloy

NOT YET CATEGORIZED

10 Tips for the Special Needs Parents Who Just Joined the Club

Lori Burke

WARBURG MICRO SYNDROME

5 Things I Do as a Special Needs Mom When I Don’t Know What to Do

Lauren Cockrell

NOT YET CATEGORIZED

To the People Who Say I Talk About My Illnesses Too Much

Shannon DeRose

EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS

What You Should Know Before You Judge My Son’s Mental Illness

Leisl Stoufer

BIPOLAR DISORDER

The Moment in the Produce Aisle That Proved the Autism Specialists Wrong

Cyn K.

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

Why I’m Talking About Medical Marijuana, Even If It Makes You Uncomfortable

Melody Rinker

UNCATEGORIZED DISORDERS

When My Son Asked Me Why He Has Brain Damage

Justice Serai

FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS

Why I Let My Daughter Struggle to Stand

Erin J.

CEREBRAL PALSY

Little Boy With No Eyes or Upper Jaw Gets Transformational Surgery

Veronica An

NOT YET CATEGORIZED

The One Request I Ask of Parents of Typical Kids This Summer

Dani Gillman

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

The Choice My Sick Daughter and I Make Every Day

Amanda Skelte

CHILDHOOD CANCER

Please Keep Your Advice About My Son With Autism to Yourself

Liz Alterman

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

When I Have to Split Time Between Holland and Italy

Lori Burke

WARBURG MICRO SYNDROME

The Apology I Owe My Facebook Friends With 'Typical' Children

Michelle M.

NOT YET CATEGORIZED

20 Items on My Cheat Sheet for Parents with a Recently Diagnosed Child

Danielle Myers

NOT YET CATEGORIZED

To the Speech Pathologist Who Said My Son Wouldn't Be a Genius Overnight

Laurel Wheeler

NOT YET CATEGORIZED

When My Daughter With Special Needs Was Teased by Her Peers

Cheryl Noll

NOT YET CATEGORIZED

What Her Classmate Didn’t Do When My Child With Cerebral Palsy Needed Help

Andi Sligh

CEREBRAL PALSY

22 Truths People With Scoliosis Wish Others Understood

Rachel Kassenbrock

SCOLIOSIS

How One Dad Takes His Daughter's Eye Patch From Meh to Masterpiece

Margaret Lenker

BLINDNESS

How My Daughter Explained Her Sensory Overload When I Couldn't

Lauren Saccone

SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER

Why I Thank the Man Who Sneered as My Son Had a Meltdown at Costco

Faith D.

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

To My Teammate Who Called Me the R-Word Behind My Back

Ilaria Naef

CEREBRAL PALSY